In addition to being a trainer for Turpin, I’ve spent many years teaching communication to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. In the course of teaching...
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Shifting Gears
Dale Ludwig
May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023
A wise learner once said, “Sometimes you just have to shift gears.” This advice came from a leader participating in a presentation skills workshop with...
read moreAnyone Can Be More Effective with Time
Dale Ludwig
May 3, 2023
May 3, 2023
We learn a lot from the people we work with. Recently, on the last day of a workshop, one of our learners said that the...
read moreBe Yourself—Even If It’s Awkward
Dale Ludwig
April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023
The Turpin tagline—Find your focus. Be yourself. Only better.—is really simple, and we’ve been using it for years. But we keep finding new resonance in...
read moreIs Nervousness Limiting Your Career?
Greg Owen-Boger
April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023
For some business presenters, nervousness is a temporary condition. When they’ve moved past the first few minutes, their nerves seem to float away. For other...
read more4 Things Nervous, Over-Preparing Presenters Can Do to Calm Down and Engage
Dale Ludwig
April 14, 2023
April 14, 2023
I recently delivered a workshop for eight very nervous presenters. They were a great group and talked very frankly about their worries and concerns about...
read moreCommunication Training Vendor Checklist
Dale Ludwig
March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023
Conducting research and comparing communication training vendors – especially those who focus on human “soft” skills – can be a challenge. There’s very little common...
read moreThe Art and Science of Facilitation
Dale Ludwig
March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023
In recent posts, we’ve talked a lot about what to do when you’re the central speaker in a business situation. But there’s another role you...
read moreIncrease Persuasion with a Benefits-First Approach
Dale Ludwig
March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023
Not long ago, we were working with a group of highly technical professionals who had recently moved into a sales role. While these folks are...
read moreOvercome Your Fear of Public Speaking
Greg Owen-Boger
March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023
You may have heard the adage that people fear public speaking more than death. In their 2012 study,¹ Karen Kangas Dwyer and Marlina M. Davidson proved...
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